My favorite Flower picture

This is one of my favorite flower pictures.

I like the colors the shapes and the contrast.  I have been sick lately so I haven't posted much.  Sorry about that.  I hope you enjoy this picture as much as I do.  Have a happy New year and I hope this year will bring positive changes in your life.

Kaiden turns 2

This is a picture of Kaiden Foxx. He is now two years old. I think he is an incredible good looking little guy. His father was Sgt. Dillon Black Foxx. This is a 16" by 20" watercolor painting matted in a 16" by 20" mat. I used both traditional watercolors and watercolor pencils. It was very fun to paint.

Flower, Art Prize,Pfc Shane Michael Reifert

This is a 12X16" painting done with watercolor paints in a tub. I am finding that some things are done better with this technique and others are done better with with the water color pencil. I guess the combo is OK. There is now some lag time before art prize and I find myself painting a lot of flowers, a dog, a baby and then more flowers. I have stopped worrying about Art Prize and am just trying to beat the heat in Michigan. I continue to enjoy reading the blog: My fallen soldier.blogspot.com Both his mother and sister are very good writers and although I don't read well it is worth the struggle. I appreciate their honesty and thoughts. Thank you.

Flowers and Art Prize2

This painting is a different type of painting than the others I have done. It is done with water color paints that come in a tube. I still used the water color on canvas. My friends say it has more depth to it. I am not sure I like this way of painting yet but I did want to try to do something different. The next few paintings will be this style. So far I still like the watercolor pencil best. I will be going on some public radio show with Michelle from the VSA to plug Art Prize. Its being taped on Thurs. but I don't know when it airs. we will just have to see.

Meadow Flowers

This picture took me forever to paint. It looks so realistic that I put Water Color painting on it to slow people down to actually see the work I put into it. It is a 12X 16" painting matted in a 20 by 16 inch mat. I have enjoyed painting more flowers lately. I am thinking about doing some paintings for the children of the casualties so they can know their fathers when they grow up. There are two of them. We will see.

This is a Black Eyed Susan that will be entered into the Mary Free Bed show. They allow each artist to enter three pictures. I haven't finalized the other two pictures yet. I had one picture excepted into the Spiritual Art Festival this year. I think they liked the movement in the picture. I am thinking about doing some other pictures of american females dancing for art prize. Give me some feedback on this. I would appreciate it.

Happy New Year

Have a good year. As for me I will continue to paint. I don't know if anyone is listening as I am very unpredictable about these post. I guess I will write when I can as an archive for history if I ever become famous.

Black Eyed Susan

This is one of my favorite flower paintings. It is a 12" by 16" water color pencil on canvas. The cost if you care is $125.00. It is matted so it would fit in a 16" by 20" frame. That is pretty standard. Art prize is over and I am pretty whipped. We have the kids for the weekend so yet another weekend with out painting. Took Zack fishing at Rockford but didn't catch any thing but tangles. Oh well it was fun and relaxing. Not having to talk is good.